Condition Quotes

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The earth is the very quintessence of the human condition. — Hannah Arendt
No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. — Aristotle
Debt is part of the human condition. Civilization is based on exchanges - on gifts, trades, loans - and the revenges and insults that come… — Margaret Atwood
I really believe that all of us have a lot of darkness in our souls. Anger, rage, fear, sadness. I don't think that's only reserved… — Kevin Bacon
A jealous lover of human liberty, deeming it the absolute condition of all that we admire and respect in humanity, I reverse the phrase of… — Mikhail Bakunin
What I claim is to live to the full the contradiction of my time, which may well make sarcasm the condition of truth. — Roland Barthes
No sex, age, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty; but without it one vastly beneath the rank of man. — Bruce Barton
It is impious to say that evil has its origin from God, because naught contrary is produced by the contrary. Life does not generate death,… — Saint Basil
The sovereign being is burdened with a servitude that crushes him, and the condition of free men is deliberate servility. — Georges Bataille
Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in… — Joseph Addison
When our Heavenly Father placed Adam and Eve on this earth, He did so with the purpose in mind of teaching them how to regain… — Ezra Taft Benson
In the investigation of a neurotic style of life, we must always suspect an opponent, and note who suffers most because of the patient's condition.… — Alfred Adler
Marriage, n: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two. — Ambrose Bierce
Consul - in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition… — Ambrose Bierce
For me, comedy is a day-to-day report on the human condition. It's what's happening right now. I get maybe 20 minutes of my act straight… — Elayne Boosler
This idea of how everything is interconnected, and the impermanence of things.. It sums up the human condition to me, and it helps me on… — Jeff Bridges
Without a doubt, stem cell research will lead to the dramatic improvement in the human condition and will benefit millions of people. — Eli Broad
A safe and nutritionally adequate diet is a basic individual right and an essential condition for sustainable development, especially in developing countries. — Gro Harlem Brundtland
The condition of the tribes which occupy the country set apart for them in the West is highly prosperous, and encourages the hope of their… — Martin Van Buren
Under the pressure of the cares and sorrows of our mortal condition, men have at all times, and in all countries, called in some physical… — Edmund Burke

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